Red Water (2003)

Before viewing this movie, I was aware that it was a made for TV shark movie. I was aware of how bad it was going to be, and it reached my expectations.So basically the movie is this: Lou Diamond Philips, Kristy Swanson, Coolio, a random shark in a river and criminal treasure hunters. That's it. There isn't any explanation of why there was a shark in a river (which is scientifically impossible), there wasn't anything. The acting could have been done better with chimps as the lead roles, the shark is just a big rubber nothing, and criminal treasure hunters? Really? That's just making the movie even more ridiculous than it already is. They add nothing extra to the nonsensical story, they're basically there to be shark bait.To top off this mess of a movie, it's also predictable and horribly clichéd. If I'd known who the characters were before watching the movie then I could probably guess who dies and in what order. This is a movie that is trying to be Jaws but ends up being more like Tintoera.To put it bluntly, don't watch this movie.

Red Water is one of those movies that can definitely be classified as a B-Movie. No doubt about that. The average rating for this film is 3, which is a shame, because this movie wasn't that half bad. (To me) Red Water has a pretty original plot. It features a small Louisiana river that is suddenly plagued by a twelve-foot freshwater shark known as a Bull Shark. The shark begins killing all sorts of people, when it is finally driven upriver where it encounters a small oil rig that has recently hit it big. Lou Diamond Phillips is the lead, who speaks in a southern accent, plays the kind John, who hates oil rigs because he feels responsible for the deaths of four men due to a blowout at a rig he was once managing. So, his ex-wife, played by Kristi Swanson, and his friend go to take a look at the said rig, which suddenly becomes the subject of armed thugs who are looking for dumped money nearby.First of all, it's a made-for-television movie. The special effects and acting won't be that good. However, they manage to get a pretty good anamatronic Bull Shark in there, a decent set, and a decent cast. (I know that the acting is bad, but I've seen worse.) It has some pretty big names, such as Lou Diamond Phillips, Krisit Swanson, and Coolio.Red Water isn't that bad. Sure, some of the cast sucks, but the three big name leads aren't that bad, and are pretty convincing at times. They have feelings just like everybody else. The drunk scenes featuring the two thugs are sort of funny, since they mock each other. Red Water has some pretty disturbing scenes, like a pretty teenage girl who ALMOST makes it to safety before she is gobbled up kind of gorily, just like an elderly fisherman. Adding action to sharks works fairly well here. The CGI towards the end sucks, but the effects shark wise are above-average for a TV movie. The shark is pretty convincing when it is anamatronic. And the shark death is creative, just like the Jaws movies. Also, they appear to get back together at the end of the movie, and it has a happy and satisfying ending. Is it perfect? No. I've seen much better. MUCH better. It's real campy, some of the performances suck, but it's pretty suspenseful and keeps you interested in what's going on. It isn't worse than Jaws the Revenge, or Jaws 3, which is sort of obvious, since it has a higher rating than them, and they had budgets of 20,000,000 dollars and more. Above-average movie done on a small budget.I hear it's even better to get drunk and watch it on "crappy movie night". =D

What's with all these stupid but fancy looking made-for-TV shark movies these days? Only a couple weeks ago, I watched something awful called "Spring Break Shark Attack" in which a troop of sharks eat some college bikinis, and here's another one already, this time set in the swamps and revolving on a bull shark. Well, at least "Red Water" is slightly better than the aforementioned "Spring Break" but of course still a long way from being a good shark-thriller. Two crews of people navigate their boats down the extensive swamps of Louisiana. One crew (with Kirsty Swanson and Lou Diamond Philips on board) is on their way to drill oil, the other crew are villains (with rapper Coolio among them) looking for a lost treasure on the bottom of a lake, but all they encounter is an extremely hungry bull shark. It's rather dangerous to swim with him around, so the bad guys take the good guys (and girl) hostage and command them to dive for the money. "Red Water" features one or two well-staged action sequences and the bull shark is an interesting choice of water monster (finally something different than the Great White or Tiger Shark), but overall it's a forgettable thriller with weak performances from a washed up cast. There's no tension, a minimum of bloodshed and the underwater footage only shows brief images of a fake computer-engineered shark. The lovely Mrs. Swanson doesn't even wear on a colorful bikini, for Christ's sake, so why are we still talking about it?

i saw the movie, it had some cool parts but nothing compare to JAWS. But at one time in the movie i heard a beautiful french song and i knew i had to listen to it. But the ending credits were cut (damn TV idiots) so i could not find out who was that beautiful female voice with the french song. Can anyone help me, please! A listing of the OST or anything will be truly appreciated. thank you millions. PS: i looked all over the net , on official pages, everywhere not a info, not anything about the soundtrack. not even a blip. and lots of people say it's a good one - not one of the best but a good one, with some great songs.